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mitt romney, rick santorum fighting for every last delegate. we'll handicap the race there. >>> when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch president obama get in touch with his irish heritage. pounding a guinness on st st. patty's day. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to love them. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we told you at the top of the show that mitt romney won a decisive victory in the puerto rico primary yesterday despite rick santorum's campaign trip down there. romney is using his win to tout his appeal to latino voters, a key demographic, of course, in the general election and one in which he and all other republicans are trailing miserably according to polls. want to sound smart tell your friends george w. bush won the largest percentage of the latino vote of any republican presidential candidate in 50
mitt romney, rick santorum fighting for every last delegate. we'll handicap the race there. >>> when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch president obama get in touch with his irish heritage. pounding a guinness on st st. patty's day. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to...
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romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. >> stop it right there. that was mitt romney's first television ad. makes it sound really bad, right, what president obama said, makes it sound awful. president obama is saying, right there, you heard him in the ad, if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. i want to know what president obama really said? >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> he was quoting somebody else. he was quoting somebody
romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the...
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this is 2009, op-ed from romney. how does he fight against it isn't the how does he call for it to be removed or repealed at this point? >> this isn't news. obviously this is something that romney said a couple of years ago but it's been out thereto in public. the big question is how will he square what he did in massachusetts with what president obama has done at the federal level. in a general election would they be able to run against ooeeach other. we've seen romney make the case over and over again that you dwounts at the federal level what they did at the state level. if only president obama called him, he could have told him not to do that. romney is going to have to go back to this topic as he has over the course of the primary. >> it's not news. we heard this from him. what i do believe is the news, it seem romney supporters have no, ma'am come up with a solid defense to it. i point to this. eric cantor on "morning joe" asked about this op-ed. let me let you hear their explanation. let's play both. >> if the
this is 2009, op-ed from romney. how does he fight against it isn't the how does he call for it to be removed or repealed at this point? >> this isn't news. obviously this is something that romney said a couple of years ago but it's been out thereto in public. the big question is how will he square what he did in massachusetts with what president obama has done at the federal level. in a general election would they be able to run against ooeeach other. we've seen romney make the case over...
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mitt romney believes that business creates jobs. he's had that background and he backed businesses that succeeded. he backed businesses that failed. $5 million in a warehouse and now you have staples. so, that's what this campaign's going to be all about. and if joe biden and the president are happy with 8.3% unemployment, then run on that. we'll be glad to see you run on that. >> are you -- are you concerned at all to see a focus, certain element of the republican party on social issues? in your own state of arizona there's this contraception bill that even the governor has said would put women in uncomfortable position where they would have to say to their employers why they wanted contraception and why it's covered. is that a bad road? >> i'm confident that legislation will not reach the governor's desk. if it did, it would be vetoed. >> it's the wrong legislation? >> well, look, it certainly doesn't reflect, in my view, the majority view of the people of arizona. >> do you think there is something of a war on women among republi
mitt romney believes that business creates jobs. he's had that background and he backed businesses that succeeded. he backed businesses that failed. $5 million in a warehouse and now you have staples. so, that's what this campaign's going to be all about. and if joe biden and the president are happy with 8.3% unemployment, then run on that. we'll be glad to see you run on that. >> are you -- are you concerned at all to see a focus, certain element of the republican party on social issues?...
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endorsed romney last year. joining us now by phone, national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilman, how are you doing this morning? >> good morning, willie, how are you? >> i'm doing well. let's talk about possible outcomes, zero in in ohio, mitt romney ends ohio in his back pocket means what for the race? >> i think it means he's in a position to start convincingly making the argument the nomination fight is over especially if he puts one of the southern states or western state in his column in addition to the ones that everyone expects him to win, massachusetts, vermont, and virginia a convincing argument it's time to shut the sucker down. >> another scenario, rick santorum running neck-in-neck, he wins ohio, what does that mean? >> we go on and march on to illinois and rick santorum points to michigan and says that was a home state fluke for mitt romney and that he is demonstrating, rick santorum is demonstrating strength in states that will be important battle grounds in the general election,
endorsed romney last year. joining us now by phone, national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilman, how are you doing this morning? >> good morning, willie, how are you? >> i'm doing well. let's talk about possible outcomes, zero in in ohio, mitt romney ends ohio in his back pocket means what for the race? >> i think it means he's in a position to start convincingly making the argument the nomination fight is over especially if he puts one of the...
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mitt romney said no, i haven't. has he endorsed you yet? >> it's a striking thing. >> that was striking. >> it's a striking thing as i said in the last ten days. the two members of the bush family have endorsed mitt romney, jeb bush, the former governor and a former president but not the last former president named bush. i bet you could count on one hand the number of times mitt romney has put his name and george w. bush's name in the same sentence in the last six months. even among republicans, george w. bush's name is still not sort of recouped imagewise in a way that jeb bush's name has kind of sterling in the party. george h.w. bush though he lost to bill clinton is seen as a grand statesman. it's a remarkable testament, george w. bush is nowhere in this campaign. >> chris, thank you very much for setting us up today. mayhem in the skies. and the threat of cyberattacks. on that front, proposed legislation would require owners and operators of critical facilities to notify homeland security at the first sign of hacking. senator john mcca
mitt romney said no, i haven't. has he endorsed you yet? >> it's a striking thing. >> that was striking. >> it's a striking thing as i said in the last ten days. the two members of the bush family have endorsed mitt romney, jeb bush, the former governor and a former president but not the last former president named bush. i bet you could count on one hand the number of times mitt romney has put his name and george w. bush's name in the same sentence in the last six months. even...
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romney, but i think if mr. romney were to run for president instead of attack all these folks that we wouldn't be where we are today. that people could understand what they stand for and what they do. newt is the only one that's balanced the budget, the only one that's had welfare entitlement reform and the only one that has an energy policy. >> sir, just a few minutes ago we talked on the talk that santorum is trying to urge newt gingrich to drop out. we have results in oklahoma, in tennessee, showing gingrich taking nearly a third of the votes in those states. so, the longer he stays in, doesn't it just help mitt romney because you're splitting the vote there? >> well, i look at it this way -- you can quit in any ball game at any time. but the point is to finish the game and see who wins. we have much to go. we've only -- this is the first week of march. the election is at thanksgiving. so, let the people decide. the goal was to not do what we did four years ago, where by this time four years ago, mr. mccain
romney, but i think if mr. romney were to run for president instead of attack all these folks that we wouldn't be where we are today. that people could understand what they stand for and what they do. newt is the only one that's balanced the budget, the only one that's had welfare entitlement reform and the only one that has an energy policy. >> sir, just a few minutes ago we talked on the talk that santorum is trying to urge newt gingrich to drop out. we have results in oklahoma, in...
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romney saw the documentary differently. look at this. >> i found it interesting this morning to hear that the googenheim documentary is on youtube. and i'll give you some help, mr. going again him. >> can you interpret for me what is willard talking about? >> well, it sounds like romney is angry that the president has put out a campaign commercial. and, you know, it is a documentary that is about the president's accomplishments. >> right. >> and therefore it is positive. it is a positive assessment of the president. and additionally, as you pointed out in this sort of comment about the health care, when i heard that the first time, oh, he understood the problem with waiting, i thought they were going to be talking about the clinton health care plan and how it's bad for the whole country. instead, they went to that personal narrative, the experience of his mother and her battle with cancer and that kind of connection where american voters say, oh, that's right. this isn't some scary bureaucrat. this is personal. this is abou
romney saw the documentary differently. look at this. >> i found it interesting this morning to hear that the googenheim documentary is on youtube. and i'll give you some help, mr. going again him. >> can you interpret for me what is willard talking about? >> well, it sounds like romney is angry that the president has put out a campaign commercial. and, you know, it is a documentary that is about the president's accomplishments. >> right. >> and therefore it is...
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under fire, mitt romney slams president obama on rising gas prices, but now romney is being accused of taking the president's words out of context. what really happened. rosie o' don nel's show is cancelled. >>> "news nation gut check," should a parent have access to a child's facebook page after they're death. that's a real story. i want to talk to a mom who fought a two-year battle to get access to her son's facebook account. >>> we begin this half hour in france where officials are investigating where a series of shootings are terrorist related. the latest incident outside of a jewish school. four people were killed. a rabbi, his two young sons and another child. be white house released a statement saying our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the victims and we stand with a community in grief. we join the government of france in condemning this unprovoked and outrageous act of violence in the strongest possible terms. this is the third attack in eight days where a man on a motorcycle has said to have opened fire. let's get the latest on this incident at the
under fire, mitt romney slams president obama on rising gas prices, but now romney is being accused of taking the president's words out of context. what really happened. rosie o' don nel's show is cancelled. >>> "news nation gut check," should a parent have access to a child's facebook page after they're death. that's a real story. i want to talk to a mom who fought a two-year battle to get access to her son's facebook account. >>> we begin this half hour in france...
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will the real mitt romney please stand up? ♪ i repeat -- will the real mitt romney please stand up? ♪ we're going to have a problem here. you act like you haven't seen a mormon before. down on the floor, i'm not concerned about the very poor. got it wrong, sorry, those not whey meant. i want everybody american to be the top 1%. willard is my first name. i'm not looking for 00 colony on the moon, just for someone to blame. i like being able to fire people. you're fired, boom, boom. >> hugh at kin is the guy who put it together. check it out on youtube. >>> still ahead, "morning joe" just moments away. ok, guys-- what's next ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best technology rules. contact the veriz
will the real mitt romney please stand up? ♪ i repeat -- will the real mitt romney please stand up? ♪ we're going to have a problem here. you act like you haven't seen a mormon before. down on the floor, i'm not concerned about the very poor. got it wrong, sorry, those not whey meant. i want everybody american to be the top 1%. willard is my first name. i'm not looking for 00 colony on the moon, just for someone to blame. i like being able to fire people. you're fired, boom, boom. >>...
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i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >>> so the endorsement of mitt romney common knowledge on the campaign trail but watching the conservative candidate throw support behind a bitter rival may be enough to convince voters on the fence to side with the front-runner. this weekend santorum raised the stakes in illinois with this statement. >> i guarantee -- i guarantee that we will win this nomination. >> john brabender is a strategist for the campaign and joins us. john, tough states ahead going into illinois tomorrow, 69 dell fwats that we're talking about here. first i want you to spobd to that ad. we know your candidate, what does he have to say to that but how damaging to have that online now for unit decided voters to see ahead of tomorrow? >> well, look, rick santorum has been very clear that he only endorsed mitt romney when he was running against a moderate and said that of the two he was more conservative. we now know things like romney care which has been a disaster, offers free abortions, all these things became the architect and the blueprint for obama care. all of t
i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >>> so the endorsement of mitt romney common knowledge on the campaign trail but watching the conservative candidate throw support behind a bitter rival may be enough to convince voters on the fence to side with the front-runner. this weekend santorum raised the stakes in illinois with this statement. >> i guarantee -- i guarantee that we will win this nomination. >> john brabender is a strategist for the campaign and joins us....
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mitt romney believes that business creates jobs. he has had that background and he backed businesses that succeeded and he backed businesses that failed. $5 million in a warehouse and now you have staples. that's what this campaign will be all about. if joe biden and the president are happy with 8.3% unemployment, run on that. we will be glad to see you run on that. >> are you concerned at all to see a focus, certain elements of the republican party on social issues and in the own state of arizona there's a contraception bill where it would put women in an uncomfortable position? >> i am confident, that would not reach the governor's desk and if it did, it would be vetoed. it doesn't reflect in my view the majority view of the people in arizona. >> do you think there's a war on woman among republicans? >> i think we have to fix that. i think there's a perception because of the way the whole contraception played out, and we need to get out of that issue, and we need to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives, and ge
mitt romney believes that business creates jobs. he has had that background and he backed businesses that succeeded and he backed businesses that failed. $5 million in a warehouse and now you have staples. that's what this campaign will be all about. if joe biden and the president are happy with 8.3% unemployment, run on that. we will be glad to see you run on that. >> are you concerned at all to see a focus, certain elements of the republican party on social issues and in the own state...
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yeah, that not romney seems to be beating romney at every point. there's somebody else spending money here, that's president obama. when we look at the impact of super pacs all of this angst and hand wringing about what citizens united was going to do, has the president still sort of created such a war chest at this point that even with super pacs whomever becomes the nominee, most likely romney, will never be able to catch up? >> i think it's likely with super pacs you'll see a raw dollar amount. i'm not sure it will matter. i think that both of these guys and it's fairly likely to be two guys, will have so much money. president obama will have the richest, best funded election campaign in history and when you add in super pacs, mitt romney will have one funded better than that. they won't have a problem getting the message out and organizing ground games and getting on the ballots. when you look at rick santorum, who with almost no money is contesting all the way to end and look at the war chest president obama is building up, it's hard to say he
yeah, that not romney seems to be beating romney at every point. there's somebody else spending money here, that's president obama. when we look at the impact of super pacs all of this angst and hand wringing about what citizens united was going to do, has the president still sort of created such a war chest at this point that even with super pacs whomever becomes the nominee, most likely romney, will never be able to catch up? >> i think it's likely with super pacs you'll see a raw...
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this will be romney's challenges. it will be the party to your grandfather or is it going to be the sharing. i think it's a mixture of both. quickly, i think that's why the establishment doesn't want to get involved. the establishment got involved against christine o'donnell and she got stronger. sorry. >> you guys know this issue. i have to too. it's my job. >> i have to do the market preview and find out why greece is screwing up the 401(k)s again. we are taking a deep dive into the upcoming primary contest. republican primary voters, this should be your theme song, guys. but first today's trivia question. who was the first democratic woman from maine elected to congress. they sent women to congress more than most states. who was the first democratic woman? tweet me the answer. the first correct answer will get a follow thursday. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? at e-trade, our free online tools and retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan and execute it with a wide
this will be romney's challenges. it will be the party to your grandfather or is it going to be the sharing. i think it's a mixture of both. quickly, i think that's why the establishment doesn't want to get involved. the establishment got involved against christine o'donnell and she got stronger. sorry. >> you guys know this issue. i have to too. it's my job. >> i have to do the market preview and find out why greece is screwing up the 401(k)s again. we are taking a deep dive into...
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are you with romney? >> i am not. my leanings are certainly towards governor romney. when i was listening to your intro piece it was good and accurate, there was one other candidate that aside from mr. mckenna, our state party chairman, a businessman from chicago and myself that i think factored in and that's the former attorney general of illinois jim ryun. if you combine the votes of all three of us, you know, we clearly would have had many, many, many more votes than bill brady, my colleague, who's a state senator. >> interesting, sort of the following illinois republican primary sometimes the u.s. senate, sometimes for governor. it seems as if unlike other states, that there's more of a hard ceiling for a conservative candidate that really is more in the 30s or 40s if it were a two-way race rather than the ability to get over 50. you still see that as the case in today's version of the illinois republican party? >> yes. you know, you can never completely generalize, but clearly, mr. santorum will do very well in down states, illinois, really south of the metropoli
are you with romney? >> i am not. my leanings are certainly towards governor romney. when i was listening to your intro piece it was good and accurate, there was one other candidate that aside from mr. mckenna, our state party chairman, a businessman from chicago and myself that i think factored in and that's the former attorney general of illinois jim ryun. if you combine the votes of all three of us, you know, we clearly would have had many, many, many more votes than bill brady, my...
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was fired up about mitt romney. and liked the idea after hands-on governor. he watched him go through the campaign, go to the right on ma immigration. use it as a wedge against mccain. he didn't like it. didn't like it again. he has even been critical of the tone and rhetoric used on the issue of immigration. i think this endorsement is bowing to reality of the situation. when you know all of that backdrop, and you read the statement, i think it is kind ever telling. >> it is interesting he married a woman from mexico. who is hispanic. >> then his own record on issues involving hispanics is strong. a lot of appeal with hispanics and an example of the kind of republican who figures out how can you win over hispanic voters and not just cube an americans in florida. but also mexican americans. >> the statement released this morning, jeb bush said in part, primary elections held in 34 states and now the time for republicans to unite behind governor romney and take our message of fiscal conservative and i'm endorsing mit
was fired up about mitt romney. and liked the idea after hands-on governor. he watched him go through the campaign, go to the right on ma immigration. use it as a wedge against mccain. he didn't like it. didn't like it again. he has even been critical of the tone and rhetoric used on the issue of immigration. i think this endorsement is bowing to reality of the situation. when you know all of that backdrop, and you read the statement, i think it is kind ever telling. >> it is interesting...
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rick santorum and mitt romney know that if newt gingrich had gotten out a while ago, mitt romney could not have become the nominee. rick santorum would have consolidated all the anti-romney vote. newt gingrich has done him a huge favor by hanging in. that will help romney tonight. >> we'll be talking about the rise of the south with newt gingrich tomorrow morning. i'll see if your headline is right. thank you. i really appreciate you coming on. a.b. and earl i'll see you later when we talk about rush limbaugh. >>> limbaugh loses even more advertisers, and now an honor he was set to receive in his home state may be in jeopardy. we'll tell you how many business, how many kpcompanies e saying bye bye to rush. [ coughs ] what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, i'm sick. you don't cough, you don't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. >>> i don't know what's in rush limbaugh's heart, so i'm not going to comment on the sincerity of his apology. what i can comment on is the fact that all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were m
rick santorum and mitt romney know that if newt gingrich had gotten out a while ago, mitt romney could not have become the nominee. rick santorum would have consolidated all the anti-romney vote. newt gingrich has done him a huge favor by hanging in. that will help romney tonight. >> we'll be talking about the rise of the south with newt gingrich tomorrow morning. i'll see if your headline is right. thank you. i really appreciate you coming on. a.b. and earl i'll see you later when we...
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what are the politics for mitt romney? he was the root of this when the white house -- >> the godfather, the white house is saying. >> when the white house was looking for what to do, they went to massachusetts for the model. it wasn't politics. they liked the model and decided to pick it up. >> what's the plan b? the politics will be, what will washington do? what's the president going to do? >> if they they don't do anything. >> that's the yes. >> what will they say in the campaign? agree they're not going to do thinking. >> let's go back to pete williams. talking about what happened in the two hours and you had some -- i dare say bombs to throw down in terms of expectations. i understand we're tempering expectations with the understanding what happens in oral arguments may not have any bearing on that ultimate decision. let's talk a little bit how the justices reacting and when you mentioned that the health care -- that everybody -- there was agreement about the health care market and everybody agreed when you go and pu
what are the politics for mitt romney? he was the root of this when the white house -- >> the godfather, the white house is saying. >> when the white house was looking for what to do, they went to massachusetts for the model. it wasn't politics. they liked the model and decided to pick it up. >> what's the plan b? the politics will be, what will washington do? what's the president going to do? >> if they they don't do anything. >> that's the yes. >> what will...
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santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to happen. >> we're not making plans now for a brokered convention. we have rules to handle any possibility and obviously we're going to follow those rules. >> so what are you hearing? is that happening? are they preparing? >> well, the candidates on both sides are preparing for the possibility of a contested convention where neither of the candidates or any of the candidates get enough of those 1,044 delegates to walk into tampa as the nominee. romney talking to lawyers and really looking at this possibility. this seemed unlikely five, six, seven months ago when it was clear romney had the best organization that he had, the
santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to...
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he spent time in kansas friday criticizing mitt romney for the health care program romney implemented as governor of massachusetts. >> you know, ladies and gentlemen, we already have one president who doesn't tell the truth to the american people. we don't need another nominated by our party to do the same. >> mitt romney does not have any campaign stops scheduled today, but he's looking ahead to tuesday's contest in mississippi and alabama. he spent friday in birmingham, alabama, taking a look at the president's handling of the economy. >> how about this? how about $16.5 trillion being passed on to our kids. that's something wrong with president obama. if i'm president we're going to cut federal spending, we're going to cap federal spending and we'll finally have a balanced budget. >> newt gingrich spoke just a short time ago in mobile, poking fun at mitt romney. >> one of my competitors, i have had grits before. >> well, join me again, erin mcpike and shira. santorum is expected to win kansas. does winning kansas equal any momentum? >> i think it helps santorum. it certainly doesn't
he spent time in kansas friday criticizing mitt romney for the health care program romney implemented as governor of massachusetts. >> you know, ladies and gentlemen, we already have one president who doesn't tell the truth to the american people. we don't need another nominated by our party to do the same. >> mitt romney does not have any campaign stops scheduled today, but he's looking ahead to tuesday's contest in mississippi and alabama. he spent friday in birmingham, alabama,...
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romney doesn't care if his hair is on fire. the fact is what's happened to gas prices is rising international powers like china and india are upping their demand. finally, this is the thing the republicans can't deal with. the president has opened up more domestic reserves to drilling than were ever opened up under president bush. we'reless dedependent on foreign oil than we were a few years ago. the other economic forces are pushing the prices up. >> the republicans are developing this narrative that it's all president obama's fault. how they fight it back and do you think it's hurting him in the polls? >> i think the republicans look absurd on a lot of stuff. he began the statement by saying earlier president ought fire his advisors. romney wants to fire efb. it's the way he made his money. i don't think it has a lot of bite to it. today he went further and he said that president obama has outlawed thomas edison's lightbulb. first of all the lightbulb efficiency situation was signed by president bush and it doesn't outlaw the
romney doesn't care if his hair is on fire. the fact is what's happened to gas prices is rising international powers like china and india are upping their demand. finally, this is the thing the republicans can't deal with. the president has opened up more domestic reserves to drilling than were ever opened up under president bush. we'reless dedependent on foreign oil than we were a few years ago. the other economic forces are pushing the prices up. >> the republicans are developing this...
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what santorum needs is what mitt romney fears. an unobstructed race between the two. >>> also republican legislatures are passing voter i.d. laws to allegedly stop voter fraud. but are those new rules really to make voting honestly democratic harder? >>> now for tonight's off the waller. sarah palin has done it again saying the problem with barack obama, if you hadn't noticed, is he wasn't properly vetted back in '08. why would she trot that out on the weekend that "game change" is coming out? >>> and let me finish with "game change." what a movie and what it says about politics. at our highest level in this country. >>> we begin with the economy. what a story it is today and what it means for the president. susan page is washington bureau chief and david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst. this economic news today, the number at 8.3%. i thought it might go up. it didn't. also 250,000 people joining the workforce. >> things moving in the right direction for the president. unemployment s
what santorum needs is what mitt romney fears. an unobstructed race between the two. >>> also republican legislatures are passing voter i.d. laws to allegedly stop voter fraud. but are those new rules really to make voting honestly democratic harder? >>> now for tonight's off the waller. sarah palin has done it again saying the problem with barack obama, if you hadn't noticed, is he wasn't properly vetted back in '08. why would she trot that out on the weekend that "game...
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are they debating between santorum and romney? i don't believe it. >> my theory is simply they're worried embracing romney too soon could come back to haunt them some day when they run for president. >> they don't want it on the record. they're not etch-a-sketchs. >> but they will endorse him. >> of course, but they want to do it in a way that -- >> like by press release or tweet? >> can you get the 1144 by jim? >> you tell me who is in wisconsin, and i will tell you if he gets 1144. coming up, republicans are passing new measures that would restrict access to birth control and abortion, is this a war on women? they're losing support ofwomen in many polls right now, and that's ahead on "hardball," only on msnbc. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ th
are they debating between santorum and romney? i don't believe it. >> my theory is simply they're worried embracing romney too soon could come back to haunt them some day when they run for president. >> they don't want it on the record. they're not etch-a-sketchs. >> but they will endorse him. >> of course, but they want to do it in a way that -- >> like by press release or tweet? >> can you get the 1144 by jim? >> you tell me who is in wisconsin, and i...
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>> romney is ahead in the polls in illinois. >> likely republican voters in illinois favor romney 45% to rick santorum's 30%. >> rick santorum is nothing if not a fighter. >> governor romney's on the same page as president obama fon all of these issues. unfortunately, mitt romney and barack obama are on the same pace. >> there are plenty of delegates out there for us. >> he is looking toward a brokered convention and planning on that. >> i don't think it's going to happen. it's never happened. >> it's just going to be a big, nasty mess. >> they have ann romney going after that female vote. >> republicans are getting killed with women. >> republican opposition to contraception is turning into dollars for democrats. >> it translates to activism. >> we need to get off that issue. >> welcome back, john. >> mitt romney's treatment of his family dog, it's so easy and delicious to talk about every time to just sort of remind you of something quirky in mitt romney's past. >> the story that has grown legs and just won't go away. >> the idea of putting that precious creature on the top of your
>> romney is ahead in the polls in illinois. >> likely republican voters in illinois favor romney 45% to rick santorum's 30%. >> rick santorum is nothing if not a fighter. >> governor romney's on the same page as president obama fon all of these issues. unfortunately, mitt romney and barack obama are on the same pace. >> there are plenty of delegates out there for us. >> he is looking toward a brokered convention and planning on that. >> i don't think...
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mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, you're revealed to be who you are. and he's not a back slapping urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the y'alls and the cheese grits. he's a serious man with a record of accomplishment. and he particularly has a record of accomplishment in making broken things work right. and i think being able to communicate that through the prism of this is how it benefits you the voter in a primary context and then ultimately in a general election context, you know, convincing people he has the core competence to restore prosperity to the country, for instance. i think that he would be a much firmer ground than being in a fight with rick santorum about who's an authentic conservative on the basis of who has what level of support for planned parenthood? i think that is a very tough issue for him. i think it drives -- >> it sounds -- but steve, it sounds colonial. like i'm not one of you people. but i can come i
mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, you're revealed to be who you are. and he's not a back slapping urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the y'alls and the cheese grits. he's a serious man with a record of accomplishment. and he particularly has a record of accomplishment in making broken things work right. and i think being able to communicate that through the prism of this is how it benefits you the voter in a primary...
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i still think that santorum versus romney one on one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate that conservatives can potentially rally around." it's interesting, you have guys like karl rove who say the elongated primary process is a lot better for mitt romney, makes him a tougher candidate. there's always comparisons to hillary clinton and barack obama. but to me, it's different. hillary clinton was somebody who at the end of the day was able to rally the democratic base. and when mitt romney makes the same argument that barack obama made, barack obama was the challenger. mitt romney was supposed to be on top. and the other difference that i always think these comparisons with '08 are completely backyard. in '08, you had two candidates who had passionate bases that had a historic stake in it. for women, this is a chance to have the first woman president. for african-americans, the first african-american president. both their bases were dug in with a positive stake in their candidates. you have everyone trying to push away from the candidate who
i still think that santorum versus romney one on one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate that conservatives can potentially rally around." it's interesting, you have guys like karl rove who say the elongated primary process is a lot better for mitt romney, makes him a tougher candidate. there's always comparisons to hillary clinton and barack obama. but to me, it's different. hillary clinton was somebody who at the end of the day was able to rally the...
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if romney wins, is this over? >> no, sadly it's not. >> i keep asking that before every primary. >> we'll ask it next saturday before wisconsin on the following tuesday. this thing is going to go a couple more weeks. romney is almost certainly going to win illinois santorum folks downplaying expectations and saying they're looking at louisiana despite their efforts there. santorum is winning. he probably will almost certainly win today in missouri. this contest could really the first time it could wrap up is the day of the pennsylvania primary. if for some reason romney is able to pull off an upset in santorum's home state and the romney people are starting to spend money there, get establishment, endorsements. that at the end of the month could be the first opportunity for it to be essentially over. but there's a very good chance this thing goes on for some time. >> do you think romy could win in pennsylvania? >> it would be really tough. i think it could end up getting close and at the end of the day, romney cou
if romney wins, is this over? >> no, sadly it's not. >> i keep asking that before every primary. >> we'll ask it next saturday before wisconsin on the following tuesday. this thing is going to go a couple more weeks. romney is almost certainly going to win illinois santorum folks downplaying expectations and saying they're looking at louisiana despite their efforts there. santorum is winning. he probably will almost certainly win today in missouri. this contest could really...
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of romney 2.0 is authentic. to your point, they believe the guy who ran massachusetts is the real mitt romney but he can't get elected in a republican primary. >> i fear religion is playing a larger role than has been acknowledged which is a sad commentary. i think the lds status of mitt romney, his membership in the church, how else to explain he can't get to 30% in the south? >> here is what i think. i don't think him being mormon in itself is totally disqualifying in the south, but i think the fact that he has trouble relating to them culturally on other issues and seems a bit removed and has struggled to connect with ordinary folks, when you throw in the fact he has a different religion and he can't relate to them either in their faith tradition, it just adds another obstacle. >> you might be right but i looked at some of the exit surveys for tennessee in particular where three-quarters of the folks were saying i need somebody like me when it comes to religion to vote for them. i say it's not a theocracy, it
of romney 2.0 is authentic. to your point, they believe the guy who ran massachusetts is the real mitt romney but he can't get elected in a republican primary. >> i fear religion is playing a larger role than has been acknowledged which is a sad commentary. i think the lds status of mitt romney, his membership in the church, how else to explain he can't get to 30% in the south? >> here is what i think. i don't think him being mormon in itself is totally disqualifying in the south,...
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mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i think has been a long, drawn out primary mess to their advantage? is there a way this works for them? >> i guess the good news that comes out of this at least looking like right now the republican nominee is not going to be named rick santorum, newt gingrich, ron paul or rick perry. they will get the most electable or least unelectable option, so that helps. the other thing to look at bill clinton went through a meat grinder of a process on the democratic side in 1992, the year he got elected president. his comment when his poll numbers were low,
mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i...
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let me give mitt romney this much. if there's anything bush did i respected, he was willing to throw in his free market ideology which didn't work and helped get us in to the mess and that we couldn't let everything go down the drain. i agree, it was better to do t.a.r.p. than not and barack obama could have played politics for it right before the election, voted for it and that chart you showed is that the recession started under bush. if romney wants to run on the bush economy, i think president obama would welcome that. the job loss has continued seriously for three or four months after obama took office and they passed the stimulus and slowly we started coming back. the second thing he forgets, we almost went under in march in 2009. the people in the white house were petrified the whole system despite t.a.r.p. would collapse again. >> how much of an impact did the stimulus package have? in hindsight, we probably wouldn't have had these 24 months of private sector job growth had we not done the stimulus package. >>
let me give mitt romney this much. if there's anything bush did i respected, he was willing to throw in his free market ideology which didn't work and helped get us in to the mess and that we couldn't let everything go down the drain. i agree, it was better to do t.a.r.p. than not and barack obama could have played politics for it right before the election, voted for it and that chart you showed is that the recession started under bush. if romney wants to run on the bush economy, i think...
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virginia, because nobody else is running there, goes to romney. vermont goes to romney. but you've got all kinds of action for oklahoma, north dakota, idaho. idaho is lds. he could win there. >> he has a good chance. >> the mormon support there. >> i firmly predict he'll win massachusetts. and ohio is going to be very close. santorum -- >> he's admitting to being governor of massachusetts now. finally. finally running on his record in massachusetts. >> i don't think he's got a problem in massachusetts. ohio will be close. santorum started this week ahead and it will be a close race. romney may well win. let me tell you something else. rick santorum made a huge mistake by playing ball with the obama campaign in a cynical -- >> how did he do that? >> to get liberal democrats to come into the republican primary and cast malicious crossover votes. and it worked. >> they were malicious. how do you know a lot of those people didn't just prefer santorum to romney? >> because -- >> then it's not malicious. >> he's a weaker opponent. >> that's what your candidate said he did in m
virginia, because nobody else is running there, goes to romney. vermont goes to romney. but you've got all kinds of action for oklahoma, north dakota, idaho. idaho is lds. he could win there. >> he has a good chance. >> the mormon support there. >> i firmly predict he'll win massachusetts. and ohio is going to be very close. santorum -- >> he's admitting to being governor of massachusetts now. finally. finally running on his record in massachusetts. >> i don't...
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we begin with mitt romney's authenticity problem. michael steele, chairman of the republican national committee for years, and howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post." gentlemen, let's start with the pro. let me ask you about this guy. howard, what was the great quote of the day from romney? >> he was talking to a birmingham, alabama, radio station about his prospects in the south, and he said i realize i'm playing a bit of an away game. that was very sporty. that was sporting of him. >> in other words, when he goes south, it's not really him. >> it's a bit of an away game. it's giving away all too honestly what his problem is. this is a southern base, modern republican party. >> there you go again. >> why does he always do this? >> i don't know. he's not feeling it. there's something about him that the switch turns off, the mouth opens, and this comes out. i don't know how you now go into mississippi, alabama, kansas, and make the argument that i'm one of you when this is considered an away game. you're no
we begin with mitt romney's authenticity problem. michael steele, chairman of the republican national committee for years, and howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post." gentlemen, let's start with the pro. let me ask you about this guy. howard, what was the great quote of the day from romney? >> he was talking to a birmingham, alabama, radio station about his prospects in the south, and he said i realize i'm playing a bit of an away game. that was very...
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that's romney. he will do away games all day long. in his "washington post" column making the same point, the column was, the tolerable candidate. and here's what e.j. wrote. his campaign, is part john mccain, part michael dukakis and part richard nixon. he's neither a natural politician nor a comfortable spokesman for an increasingly ideological evangelical southern and enraged political coalition. romney is a man of flexible views from the northeast, a mormon who wins votes from the least religious sectors of his party. a rather satisfied man who has to announce he's angry because he doesn't look it. hey, look. i'm really angry. michael, start with you. you are a treasure trove about your party here. tell me. this guy -- why are they nominating a guy who is the worst possible fit? the ultimate misfit? >> because, unfortunately, there has not been the sort of galvanizing around one of the other individuals to the point where they can push, you know, someone like romney aside and really move forward with a gingrich or a santorum. that
that's romney. he will do away games all day long. in his "washington post" column making the same point, the column was, the tolerable candidate. and here's what e.j. wrote. his campaign, is part john mccain, part michael dukakis and part richard nixon. he's neither a natural politician nor a comfortable spokesman for an increasingly ideological evangelical southern and enraged political coalition. romney is a man of flexible views from the northeast, a mormon who wins votes from the...
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romney is likely to be tnominee. they are seizing on anything they can to try to reverse what looks like mitt romney's trudging to the delegates he needs to become the party's nominee. so it's a little bit of romney stepping on his own message and a little bit of those guys seizing what they can. >> sure. you could say it's desperation tactics by those who see their chance, their hopes for the nominati nomination, slipping. but at the same time the romney campaign, one would argue, inflicted this wound on itself. the campaign today, a statement saying you know you have reached the end after long hard fought campaign when your opponents are waving around children's toys at campaign events. arguably also there's something that mitt romney said that perhaps they should have seized on. listen to what he said about t.a.r.p. >> there was a fear that the whole economic system of america would collapse, that all of our banks, or virtually all, would go out of business. in that circumstance president bush and hank paulson sai
romney is likely to be tnominee. they are seizing on anything they can to try to reverse what looks like mitt romney's trudging to the delegates he needs to become the party's nominee. so it's a little bit of romney stepping on his own message and a little bit of those guys seizing what they can. >> sure. you could say it's desperation tactics by those who see their chance, their hopes for the nominati nomination, slipping. but at the same time the romney campaign, one would argue,...
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i think romney's looked absurd. he began that statement, by the way, that you had on earlier, by saying president the president ought to fire his advisers. romney wants to fire everybody. it's the way he made his money and if you implemented his economic policies a lot of people would be fired. so no, i don't think it has a lot of bite it to. today he went even further. he said that president obama had outlawed thomas edison's light bulb. first of all the light bulb efficiency legislation was signed by president bush and secondly it doesn't outlaw the incandescent light bulb it just sets better energy standards for it. he makes stuff up. >> he makes up thinking that lela tino vote will go to republicans. >> it is hard for a republican to be elected for president without getting 40% of the latino vote. bush got 44%. i painfully remember that in 2004. but you are not going to get the latino vote. romney is not, republicans are not when they talk the way they do about immigration, immigrants and hispanic. they are the
i think romney's looked absurd. he began that statement, by the way, that you had on earlier, by saying president the president ought to fire his advisers. romney wants to fire everybody. it's the way he made his money and if you implemented his economic policies a lot of people would be fired. so no, i don't think it has a lot of bite it to. today he went even further. he said that president obama had outlawed thomas edison's light bulb. first of all the light bulb efficiency legislation was...
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look at romney. his reliance on super pac. $3.5 million spent on media by the romney campaign. use a firm, a conglomerate american randall, we'll get into that. restore future, $10 million in media. basically, more than just about 3-1. >> the super pac money is all going into media, attack ads. >> that's all, yes. >> all negative advertising. something like 99% advertising the romney super pac spent and going after santorum, going after gingrich. what's interesting about a lot of the money, when you look at these expenditure reports, a lot of them are going into these llcs. limited liability corporations where you have very little transparency into who's the owners, who are the partners? who's getting -- >> trying to make it harder for us to see who's getting paid? we know -- you'll have, like, five consultants as partners of one thing. >> right. >> this got started. clinton did it with the november group back in the dpap bush did it with maverick strat jinchegy >> bigger and more pronounced than i've seen. totals are, in north of $15 million that the romney campaign paid for.
look at romney. his reliance on super pac. $3.5 million spent on media by the romney campaign. use a firm, a conglomerate american randall, we'll get into that. restore future, $10 million in media. basically, more than just about 3-1. >> the super pac money is all going into media, attack ads. >> that's all, yes. >> all negative advertising. something like 99% advertising the romney super pac spent and going after santorum, going after gingrich. what's interesting about a lot...
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romney's way in ohio. now romney went zero in the red south. zero for the south. he lost tennessee, oklahoma, santorum? he lost georgia to gingrich. santorum beat them by double digits. 37-28. newt gingrich pulled in 20% of the vote. romney lost in georgia. gingrich picked up the only victory of the night in his home state. he spent four times as much campaigning there as his rivals did. gingrich pulled off a decisive victory 47% of the vote. he placed third behind rick santorum and ron paul. and in a testament to romney's organization, he nearly won conservative alaska. he beat santorum by 33-29 margin. the only candidate to campaign in alaska, though, ron paul. he finished third. and by the way, ron paul has now gone 0 for 23. even newt gingrich has won some states. ron paul has not. 20% of the party's delegates were at stake last night. in all, romney picked up at least 212 delegates. he may get up to 219. that will half of the total number at stake. santorum won 91. we think he gets up to 97. he won't crack 100. we think gingrich will get up to 82. and nbc is
romney's way in ohio. now romney went zero in the red south. zero for the south. he lost tennessee, oklahoma, santorum? he lost georgia to gingrich. santorum beat them by double digits. 37-28. newt gingrich pulled in 20% of the vote. romney lost in georgia. gingrich picked up the only victory of the night in his home state. he spent four times as much campaigning there as his rivals did. gingrich pulled off a decisive victory 47% of the vote. he placed third behind rick santorum and ron paul....
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it's up to mitt romney. he's almost certainly going to be the republican nominee and it's up to him to try to figure out how to turn this around for the party because they are behind right now. >> this is just absolutely, willie, this is absolutely terrible news for a republican party that has been working overtime to tarnish their brand over the past month. >> i was going to say the last month, and we'll talk more about this later, but if whole rush limbaugh thing. the president jumped out clearly on the side of this georgetown law student. wanted to get on the right side of this issue. publicly defended her, called her, she went on television and said the president called me. this is low-hanging fruit, this is blood in the water for the president in the white house. if they're going to be attacking women talking about contraceptives and comes out to attack rush limbaugh, whether it's mitt romney or santorum or anybody else in such a feeble way to respond to it, that just adds to the problem for the republi
it's up to mitt romney. he's almost certainly going to be the republican nominee and it's up to him to try to figure out how to turn this around for the party because they are behind right now. >> this is just absolutely, willie, this is absolutely terrible news for a republican party that has been working overtime to tarnish their brand over the past month. >> i was going to say the last month, and we'll talk more about this later, but if whole rush limbaugh thing. the president...
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romney let four days pass. romney only responded and he said something like these weren't the words i would have used. he seems more scared of rush limbaugh, according to george will yesterday, than he is of our enemies in this world. why is your party so afraid of rush limbaugh? >> well, i think what the party is is focused on jobs and the economy. if you listen to what he's been saying the last few days, i went to two plant tours with him today and a couple of rallies. it's all about the economy. you've heard that. you've heard his message. >> hey, i'm with you on that. >> we're talking so bch the jobs and the economy and not talking about other issues. he has very specific proposals on tax reform and energy policy and health care costs. that's what people want to hear about. i was talking to a lot of workers after the visits. they are concerned about their jobs and about what's going on in the economy. they are concerned with energy in particularly here in ohio. we want to develop our energy resources. we ha
romney let four days pass. romney only responded and he said something like these weren't the words i would have used. he seems more scared of rush limbaugh, according to george will yesterday, than he is of our enemies in this world. why is your party so afraid of rush limbaugh? >> well, i think what the party is is focused on jobs and the economy. if you listen to what he's been saying the last few days, i went to two plant tours with him today and a couple of rallies. it's all about...
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let's call this jar mitt romney's jar. here are the delegates or rather the jelly beans that he's gotten so far. escape delegate. 129. now, bust out your calculators and follow along with me. ready? among the primaries still to come, six states plus the district of columbia are winner takes all. let's just say for the sake of argument that mitt romney wins all of those winner take all states. that gives him another 368 delegates. that brings his total to 497. so i've put all those in. one more delegate. remember the magic number is 1144. okay. now there are 30 proportional states still to vote with 1266 delegates at stake. these states use various formulas to award delegates based on how each state votes and how many votes each candidate gets. governor rm any these 51% to lock up the nomination. but mitt romney in the first 12 contests averaged just 36% of the vote. at his current 36% pace, let's say romney earns another 456 delegates in the proportional states. let's see where that would leave him. okay. it still looks a
let's call this jar mitt romney's jar. here are the delegates or rather the jelly beans that he's gotten so far. escape delegate. 129. now, bust out your calculators and follow along with me. ready? among the primaries still to come, six states plus the district of columbia are winner takes all. let's just say for the sake of argument that mitt romney wins all of those winner take all states. that gives him another 368 delegates. that brings his total to 497. so i've put all those in. one more...